Chapter 7 Bazaar

  The streets of Jumubao are not spacious, and with many people, they seem especially congested.

  Every ten zhang on both sides of the street, there are giant wooden soldiers guarding and maintaining order.

  After all, among the masters, sparks are rubbed out, and then a big fight breaks out, with blood splashing on the streets. When there are many people, natural defense must also be strengthened.

  Chen Yuan came here not to cause trouble, so he naturally kept a low profile.

  Both sides of the street are filled with stalls, selling all sorts of things, and the quality of the goods is uneven. Sometimes there are some treasures, but mostly they are inferior products.

  For example, what ancestral eighteen generations of Faqi, family-transmitted divine work and so on, are mostly some slogans, deceiving some young and inexperienced practitioners.

  Chen Yuan now has a jade stele, with countless divine artifacts and treasures inside. As long as he is patient, his foundation will eventually become deep and profound. However, at this stage, the first pass of the demon tide still doesn't have absolute control to cross over, so he must spend all the crystal stones on his body to buy enough items to get through this demon tide.

  For him, a bright future can be seen, but the hardest part is the initial stage.

  All the way down, there aren't many good things. He now urgently needs some disposable consumption of spiritual symbols, but around Julong Fort, it is within the territory of Rousheng City, where wood-based monks are abundant, and talents for planting rare flowers and grasses, alchemy, etc. are rich, while the spiritual law and spiritual symbol aspects seem to be a bit weak.

  Just as Chen Yuan didn't want to waste any more time and was about to turn towards a regular store, a stall with all sorts of goods appeared before his eyes. What really caught Chen Yuan's attention wasn't the fact that this stall sold a wide variety of things, but rather that the Jade Tablet in his body actually stirred up a slight ripple.

  Jade stele reminds itself again!

  These days, Chen Yuan has more or less understood some other uses of the Jade Tablet. In addition to collecting and exchanging items for skills, the Jade Tablet also has a warning function. In the Youming Forest, relying on the Jade Tablet's warnings, Chen Yuan was able to avoid several ambushes by ferocious beasts.

  Now in this bustling city, the jade stele is no longer a reminder of danger, but a reminder to oneself.

  There's treasure here!

  The jade stele also comes with a treasure-hunting function, and Chen Yuan really felt that it was becoming more and more useful.

  Following the jade stele's indication, Chen Yuan arrived in front of Lian Tan.

  Without revealing his intentions, he acted like an ordinary customer, looking around and touching things here and there. He quickly confirmed that the object of Yu Bei's interest was a stone lion carving. Chen Yuan couldn't see anything special about it, but since Yu Bei had such extraordinary vision, he certainly wouldn't miss anything.

  First picked up a second-order demon beast skeleton and asked the boss:

  "How much is this?"

  "Boss has a good eye, this is the tail bone of a fourth-level demon snake, which is an excellent material for refining artifacts. It can even be used to refine flying swords, ride the wind and lightning, and kill all demons..." The vendor immediately began to boast, speaking as if it were true.

  "Too expensive, what about this stone lion?"

  "This stone lion was discovered by me in a mysterious cave, and it's said to have gone through nine deaths and one life..." The vendor boss wanted to boast more, but Chen Yu immediately interrupted.

  "Ten First-Class Crystal Stones."

  "This is also a big loss, at least one hundred..."

  "Fifteen!"

  "This..."

  "I'm leaving if you don't sell it to me."

  "Sell, sell, sell! Alas! I'll have to sell at a loss too! I've got an old and young at home..." The vendor's lament was accompanied by a masterful performance, as he received fifteen first-class crystal stones from Chen Yuan.

  Chen Yuan shook his head, thinking that not long ago, he was also carrying these broken goods to sell. If it weren't for the Jade Emperor's Tablet, perhaps in the future, he would be one of the vendors on this long street as well!

  Pick up the stone lion at will, and secretly wait for no one to explore inside, continue walking forward.

  A loud shout came from the middle of the street:

  "Top-grade 'Water Shield Formation' for sale! Highest bidder wins!"

  The street suddenly became much quieter, then instantly surged towards the source of the sound.

  "Someone actually set up a first-class defensive formation! With this formation, I can hunt and kill third-class demonic beasts!"

  "Go, go, go! Hurry up and get there before someone else takes it."

  Chen Yuan had already decided to become an Array Master. Apart from the Supreme Jade Monument Array, he hadn't come into contact with any other arrays yet, and he was also somewhat curious about what the orthodox array schools were like. He immediately followed the crowd as they gathered together.

  Just arrived at the edge of the crowd, I heard someone bidding inside.

  "I'll offer 1,000 first-grade crystal stones."

  "I'll bet 1200!"

  "Fifteen hundred!"

  ……

  The price soared, and in no time it had risen to 222 crystal stones. Chen Yuan also managed to squeeze inside with great difficulty.

  The Array Master is a beginner in cultivating Qi. In Juluo Fort, he is already considered an expert.

  However, looking at his weak breath, no blood color, and heavy injuries on his body, he urgently needs to be treated with elixirs, so he took out his own array method to sell.

  In order to sell for a good price, he also displayed his array method, covering his entire body with a huge water ball, flowing and surging, some real repairs peak, full force hit can only leave a ripple on the array method, defense is very good.

  However, Chen Yuan's research on the Ashen Array was far superior to that of these ordinary cultivators.

  This water shield formation, although it has all-around defense, its actual defensive power is not high. The attack of a mid-term cultivator in the Refining Qi stage cannot be blocked, and most importantly, this formation can only defend and cannot counterattack. Compared to the Ashen Array's wood and fire dual attributes, where the wood attribute defends and the fire attribute attacks, it is simply unknown how much weaker it is.

  "This is just a low-grade first-class magic formation, and its actual combat effectiveness is not great!" He couldn't help but say in a low voice.

  It was a soft mutter to himself, but unexpectedly, a luxurious young master standing beside him overheard and curiously asked:

  "Brother, do you understand the formation?"

  Chen Yuan whispered to himself, "Look at his mouth," and saw the young master's majestic appearance, with a pair of eyes that were upright and proud. He humbly replied, "I only understand a little bit of it."

  "The way of the formation, originally belongs to the mysterious and esoteric. It's not easy for you to know a thing or two about it, brother. However, this water shield is not its current effect. You see that person's breath is weak, maintaining this formation is extremely strenuous. If he were in his prime, I'm afraid even a foundation-establishing cultivator wouldn't be able to break through his formation. Moreover, the materials for deploying the water shield formation are extremely cheap, making it an affordable formation for low-level cultivators. This formation probably requires at least 502 crystal stones."

  This young master is elegant in speech and mannerisms.

  Chen Yuan didn't have much contact with him and also didn't want to expose the secret of his mastery of formations, so he just nodded and said it made sense.

  As expected, the water shield was finally sold for 522 crystal stones, which could be considered a huge sum of money for Chen Yuan.

  The array was sold out, and the cultivator, supported by others, entered a pharmacy in a hurry to treat his injuries.

  Chen Yuan originally intended to leave, but couldn't help being drawn in by that extraordinary young master's aura and ended up following him instead.

  "It's rare to have a chance encounter with you, brother, why don't we take a stroll around Giant Tree Fortress together."

  This young master is elegant in speech and dress, and at a glance, he appears to be a man of great background.

  Chen Yuan thought to himself whether this person was worth interacting with, but he thought that since they had met by chance and there was one more person following, it didn't matter. If he refused, it would make him appear inhumane, and if he offended this person, it wouldn't be worth it for Chen Yuan.

  "What is your name, sir?"

  "The young master dare not claim, I am surnamed Liang, named Jianying."

  The two can be considered acquaintances. Liang Jianying is knowledgeable and skilled in alchemy, equipment refinement, and array techniques, broadening Chen Yuan's horizons along the way.

  Chen Yuan now has the jade stele, and has shed his humble and rustic demeanor. When talking to him, although there is some distance, he is neither arrogant nor condescending, which secretly earns Liang Jianying's admiration.

  Accompanying Liang Jianying to stroll around the market, Chen Yuan couldn't waste time either, planning to head to the large shop to buy Wind Crystal and Refine Soul Array.

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